https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277956 Non-compliance with mandatory statutory formalities for transfer of immovable property vested in a District Board prevented title from passing under an auction sale and release, because the sale certificate was not a registered conveyance and the release did not satisfy the prescribed execution requirements. By contrast, the Board's offer to re-transfer the land to the original owner, accepted by deposit of the stated amount, created a binding and subsisting contract. The court treated later refund applications as insufficient to show rescission or abandonment, and held the claim within limitation. Cross-objections were maintainable in the special circumstances, and the respondent obtained specific performance, confirmation of possession, and restitution with interest. en-us Wed, 24 Nov 1915 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:05:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277956 Non-compliance with mandatory statutory formalities for transfer of immovable property vested in a District Board prevented title from passing under an auction sale and release, because the sale certificate was not a registered conveyance and the release did not satisfy the prescribed execution requirements. By contrast, the Board's offer to re-transfer the land to the original owner, accepted by deposit of the stated amount, created a binding and subsisting contract. The court treated later refund applications as insufficient to show rescission or abandonment, and held the claim within limitation. Cross-objections were maintainable in the special circumstances, and the respondent obtained specific performance, confirmation of possession, and restitution with interest. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Nov 1915 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277956